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NMPatriot
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Gender: Male Total Likes: 28 likes
| | | | Re: It’s a sad day in Dallas < Reply # 13 on 5/29/2019 3:27 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by 2Xplorations
Quoted for the truth. Most people would not believe some of the technology pro arsonists use. And the motive is often huge.
| Don't get me wrong.. it's not always arson. There are certain things that will cause a small, smoldering fire to take a building like the Ambassador with a quickness. I'm not familiar with this building, but things that contribute to rapid fire spread include missing / broken / open windows at ground level as well as on upper floors, lack of doors or open doors between sections of the building and on stairwells, missing / open elevator doors or exposed shafts, etc. These kind of things contribute to chimney effect within a multi-story building and can spread fire from a ground floor or basement location to upper floors very fast. The less fresh air that a fire gets and the more smoke that builds up in a confined area, the slower the spread of fire (until it finds a source of sufficient oxygen to ignite unburned combustion gasses). Maybe rule #2 of urbex (after "Leave only footprints, Take only photos") should be "If at all possible, close the door every time you leave a room". Pretty much any door, other than hollow-core wood veneer residential interior doors, can help stop fire spread. The particle board core type doors with faux woodgrain finish most commonly used in commercial buildings are rated for a minimum 30 minute fire exposure under NFPA 252. Meh, It may sound silly or paranoid and maybe I am. That's what 20+ years in Fire / EMS gets ya. My money is still on this fire being intentionally set. NMPatriot
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| Dee Ashley
Location: DFW, Texas Gender: Female Total Likes: 1378 likes
Write something and wait expectantly.
| | | | Re: It’s a sad day in Dallas < Reply # 18 on 5/30/2019 8:17 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | @2X, As far as he neighborhood, nothing has changed. It’s about as.., um, “trendy” as it has always been, lol. *** @NMpatriot, I’ve seen how quickly these fires can get out of control and I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself. I live at the bottom of a hill and there’s a fire station above me on top of that hill next to some new apartments. When they were building those new apartments one of the construction crew left a welding torch on and even though the FD was next door, the fire became a 5 alarm fire that could be seen (I’m told) from Fort Worth (the fire was in Grapevine)! It was so close the firefighters could have fought the fire from their own driveway, yet it was out of control within minutes - maybe less. It was one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever seen. Fires are a lot scarier when their ashes are landing on your doorstep! I’ve always had a healthy respect for fire, but that experience was very humbling. I shudder to think how it could have ended had the fire station not been next door. *** Has anyone heard any news on the cause of the Ambassador fire yet? Edit: Here’s a pretty detailed update: https://www.nbcdfw...las-510500241.html Still nothing on the cause of the fire though...
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